Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-05-21
Our Brooklyn Letter.


 listened as patiently to the protests acainst the sin of making gambling legal as lit was dissertation on spring bonnets," This paragraph IS taken from report in the New York World of a meeting O. the citizens of Brooklyn who were opposed to the passage of the Ives Pool Bhl. The writer undoubtedly considered this a most creditable and felic,tous turn, But 1t was neither. Who are the principal sufererers in this matter of gambling? The bitterest opponents of womsn's suffrage will have to answer, wives, mothers, sisteEs, daughters. And when honor, and hone, and health, and life are tt stake. as they are under heaven only knows how many roofs in this city, oi amateur and pro fessional gamblers. Mea who play poker till morning. and return to their homes empty ID pocket and muddled in brain. or men who bet on horses aHd mortgage their housea, and their wiie's dismonds to clear off debts of honor, will of course continue to sheer st every
 effort to suppress vice. A womeu's business Is to put her husband to bed after his poker losses, and smile sWeetiy when her children have to go hungry. That k womanls. But to appear in a public maeurg 90 help put down an lnIquietuus blli-perish the thought Mir. editors 6nd gentlemen. IS IL not time to take e wet sponge to that slate and start new one?
 Mre. Langtry and Miss Dsuvray di- viied the hOnOrs st the dog show, which exhibition, bJ the-wsy had less bark to ths feet-squRre or Iouud-tban is us ually found On such occasions. This pheasant change vas owing tO the. Eew patent kennels provided hy Spra,ts
 These have wire sides and the dogs are Ear more cont5Gtcd because they can seu their neighbors. The ball dogs were the most restless and noisy, and theiS
 way of showing their back teeth, aud
 blOod-thi.sty manner Ot suIfflnc The hlr
 WAS Guy thing but pleasant to a nervous person. Most people gave wide berth to these kennels. There wus one e1cep- ton. however. and that e yety handsome young lady who had two bull pups uO exhibition. With tAase she trOhced n
 ;he most natural aud engaging manner.
 In tho uex. kennel "Rlbias0c CrusCe,
 champion bu,l dog, Gni tue most fego- ciOus of the lot, grinned and grOTlei.
 and tore at EIs chain n the euteavOr Co
 meet his mOlATs m some id blt Of fasciu-
 gting flesh. The pretty owner ot the pups stopped a moment, and then In
 a tone thgs one would speak to tIac- lious child, said He don; like to
 have all these folks staring at him. does
 be, ni-e oid fellow" The growing ceased as fl by magic, Bud "ROOiuson CrusOe' turned over on hls side and stretched out pEssively. while the little 2lOyed hgod made its soft, magnetic passes from the horrible head to the horrible taIi, "Iou must be Rn old friend" g spectator remarked Co the In-
 srepIi young lady. "Oh no was the
 nOuchalGnt reply, but | love the old fellow and he knows it. have won der,d ever since how many hands ID that vast thrOng of spectators would have been sale m that kennel. and more than ever what is the subtle power which IS just Rs eifectual with animals as with human beings, and for which We hnVe
 no better name than magnetism? To
 go from ''RObinson Crusoe' 10 "Chi- quita' was a change indeed. Here is
 one Ci the patent kennels above alluded
 to, csily trimmed with red, white and
 blue ribbons. lined with light blEe satin and carpe.ed with the daintiest uf rugs,
 law the lawn colorei pet of Miss Helen
 Dauvray Gn imported Mexican hairless, valued at S1OO.0. This dog is exceed ingly dimiuutive. but wonderfully intel igeut and certainly the most unique creature m the show. Around the kennels containing the tiny | pets ot upper tendon were grouped l their owners and admiriug friends.
 "PicAaninBy" aud "Me Too refused to be cOmlorted unul taken unto their
 mistress arms and fed there. The | food used in almost every instance was | SUratl's biscuits. ladies bringing dainty 1 lst:ie packages, Iu sOme cases breaking | tEo biscuits Into small pieces. and m others allowing them to uiJble Cs they chose. One lemon and white printer pup WAS IegbliEg himself upon cod liver
 oIl biscuit, taking II dry VIth relish which must have been acquired from considerable practice. 'Why don't yOu soak the food?' e. spectator inquire Q.
 Because they are most eficacious when soaked by the natural huid,' the little doy-lovtr replied. 'Dogs suffer more
 from dyspepsin than any body knows. You see :lry bolt their food so. But I nave taught Daisy c. eat ss respectable folks should, a1d cod liver oil is jus. as
 good fer dogs as human beings" lu tte
 kennels of tle large dogs great dishes of Sprstt's biscuits, some soaked aud some dry, stood ready Go apFe.-e Luu1cr. Nine teults of all the dog- tuct 20 mad
 are driver Go tLas condition by Imp-o- per feeding" the owner oi prize black
 and ten setter toll your correspondent. "Acy kiHi o, -WT useI 70 be good enough Tor do-E. Now folks GTa began hing Q reliia. that dogs have stomaohs" <"
 It was lmg.iEg Go see the feminine owners of 3nPrtitiye dogs prepare them
 for the h1wk-eyed iuigs. < Gordon
 setter positively refused to be led 0u by
 R servant. His mistress took the chain and stepped iutJ the rinZ. Then Gi.cr
 putting The beauty m position, head
 well up, feet together. tail piuTe.:, spoke
 few words of earnest counsel !n the dogs cor and withdrew. Ihs settler
 aFraa~fra1 trffh Aha D. ma rfitfsur1